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Crowd gathers to catch a glimpse of the airplane that set a world record, flying non-stop from Moscow to southern California. July 14, 1937

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Title: Crowd gathers to catch a glimpse of the airplane that set a world record, flying non-stop from Moscow to southern California. July 14, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued: July 14, 1937
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Negative has two distinct fingerprints present in the lower portion of photo, as well as further smudging in top right.
A crowd gathers behind a rope to view the Tupolev ANT-25 flown by Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin from Moscow to a field outside San Jacinto, CA. A man kneeling on top of a car with a camera on a tripod is visible in the background. The non-stop flight covered 6700 miles in 62 hours and 12 minutes, smashing the previous record for longest non-stop flight. July 14, 1937
Fingerprints are visible in lower left area of negative
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Candid Camera shots of Russian Flyers - 15 films - 30 shots.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027xk2b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Aeronautics--California--San Jacinto
Entertainment
World records--California--San Jacinto
Transportation
Events
Crowds--California--San Jacinto
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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